In regard to Jody North’s letter to the editor (“Christianity must repent for its historic atrocities,” Feb. 17): Yes, it is true that we have freedom of speech, but what about common sense? Why would the president and yourself choose to talk about the Crusades when we currently have present-day Christians being beheaded? If you […]

I am very disappointed in the lack of high school Alpine and Nordic skiing coverage, though there is significant coverage of high school basketball and some of hockey, swimming and other sports. While I understand that basketball is a very popular sport, all sports deserve a level of coverage. Student-athletes in every discipline work and […]

I am an avid reader and fan of the Portland Press Herald but have been disappointed in the headlines related to coverage of the shelters in Portland. On Wednesday, the front-page headline “City knew of shelter users’ big bank accounts” did not reflect the data presented in the article from experts on the ground both […]

The furor over the wealth of 13 regular users of Portland’s homeless shelters reminds me of when I worked at a Fairbanks, Alaska, drop-in center for street people, mostly alcoholic. The idea that a typically understaffed shelter would first look at bank balances before letting the person in is ridiculous on its face. Now we’re […]